Heightened supervision to ensure the safety of nuclear waste was strongly urged by officials and experts after the country's largest nuclear power plants operator breached regulations when it transported spent fuel.
The cradle of Chinese civilization was long considered to be the region around the middle Yellow River. But recent archaeological discoveries from far-flung corners of China are forcing scientists to reconsider the origins of ancient Chinese civilization.
US Under Secretary of State Patrick F. Kennedy and visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Jinzhang on Thursday signed the Conditions of Construction Agreement (COCA) in Washington.
Fire brigades in China will conduct thorough fire-safety checks in venues reserved for National Day celebration, and in major venues or those with fire risks across the country, the Ministry of Public Security said Thursday.
Chinese police caught 6,094 people driving under the influence of alcohol from 8 am Tuesday to 8 am Thursday in a nationwide crackdown on drink-driving, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website Thursday.
A European expert said Thursday that recent anti-dumping investigations against China by the European Commission are "a type of trade protectionism."
A luxurious birthday party hosted by a teenage boy in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region has aroused controversy in China, where the public are discontented with widening income gaps.
In three years' time, China's deprived patients will have government subsidies directly at hospital admission rather than applying for receipt reimbursement afterwards.
China on Thursday urged the United States to "remove obstacles" to military ties, demanding the United States respect China's core interests so as to create conditions for further military cooperation.
Rescue and Search for nine Chinese seamen, who remained missing after a ship collision in the Malacca Straits on Tuesday night, was continuing, a Malaysian officer said on Thursday.
Shagang group, China's largest private steel maker, topples the computer maker Lenovo to be the country's largest private enterprise in terms of 2008 revenues, the National Business Daily reported today.
There is renewed commitment from leaders in the United States and China to tackle the problem of climate change, former British PM Tony Blair said to China Daily in Beijing Thursday.